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Patented Apr-10,1883.

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ATTORNEYS l' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS J. DAVID, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,602, dated .April 10, 1883.

Application filed August 30, 1982. (No Inodel.)

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARCUS J. DAVID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, n the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented new and useful 1mprovements in Bill-Files, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a bill-lilo combining in its structure a base having a series of upwardly-projecting pins for receiving the papers to be led, a cross-head adapted to cover and protect the points of the pins, (it being common to the series,) vertical sliderods fixed to the cross-head, one at each end, tubular guides for the sliderods, rising from the base, and forming alsov supports for the cross-head to keep it out of direct contact with the pins, and springs arranged in the tubular guides to act on the slide-rods with a tendency to force the same downward, thereby automatically bringing the .cross-head to a normal position. A brace is hung to the cross-head at about the mid-length thereof, and when the head is lifted off the pins it is retained in an upper position by means of the brace, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents a part side View and part vertical section. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the hase; B, the pins; C, the cross-head; D, the slide-rods; E, the guides, and F the springs.

The base A is preferably made of rectangular shape, and the pins B are arranged in a row thereon, the same projecting upward from the base to equal heights.

The cross-head C is situated above the pins B, and is provided with sockets C opposite to the pins for receiving and covering the pinpoints, while at about the mid-length it has a nger-button, O2, for convenience in lifting it off the pins. The cross-head thus forms a shield common to the series of pins, and when it is lifted a sucient distance the pins are severally exposed at the points, so that the papers to be led can be put in the proper places. D

The slide-rods D are xed to the cross-head, one at each end, by nuts D or other suitable means, and they extend downward from. the head in vertical planes.

The guides E consist of tubes, into which the slide-rodsD are fitted, and which rise from the base A, they being secured to the latter in a suitable manner. These tubes are made of equal height, which is such that the crosshead-O rests on their upper ends under normal conditions, and by this means the crosshead is brought to such a position that its sockets O cover the points of the pins with. out touching them, so thatrthe points are not liable to be affected thereby. The springs F are arranged in the tubular guides E, thus being concealed from view, and they act on the slide-rods D in such a manner as to force the rods, and with them the cross-head C, in a downward direction, so that the cross-head is automatically brought to a normal position by that means. Spindles D2, projecting from the slide-rods, serve to receive the springs. Instead of springs, weights may be applied.

The letter G indicates the brace, servin g to retain the cross-head in an upper position when it is lifted off the pins. This brace is hung to the cross-head by a pivot, z', at about the mid-length of the head, and it is made of such a length that when the cross-head is in a lower or normal position the brace simply rests against one of the side edges ofthe base in an inclined position` While when the crosshead is raised the lower or free end of the brace rides up on the top of the base untilthe brace assumes a vertical position, in which it is held by the pressure ofthe head due to the action of the springs. By the arrangement of the brace Gr at the middle of the cross-head, it serves to support the head in an eliiective manner and without danger of twisting or contorting the parts.

The number of the pins B can be varied as circumstances may render expedient, and by the employment of a series of pins the file is rendered highly useful to cashiers and others for preserving in the proper order slips or papers of dil'erent kinds-such as, for example, debit, credit, i store and memoranda slips.

' What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 'is- 1. The combination, substantially as here- ICO 1o before described, of the brace with the crossinbefore described, of the base A, having,` the i its mid-length, the s1iderods D, guides E, series of upwardly-projecting pins, the crosssprings or weights F, and the base A, having head C, for protecting the points of the pins, the upwardly/projecting pins, for the purpose the siiderods D, fixed to the cross-head, tubuspecified. 15 lar guides E for the slide-rods, forming also In testimony whereoflhare hereunto set my supports for the cross-head, and the springs or hand and seal in the presence of two subscrib- Weights arranged in the tubular guides t0 act ing Witnesses. A en the slide-rods, for the purpose specified. MARCUS J. DAVID. [L.

2. The combination, substantially as herein- Witnesses:

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